tommy (my sister's first husband) 'dropped in' tonight. he left stockholm at 8 fri morning and arrived 6 sunday night. he likes driving. this is the 4th time, he's driven down. he spends a week or two, gets bored and drives home. he likes to keep busy and this time we have a mile long list of stuff to do, just in case in gets ..bored!

things like figuring out what's ailing wendy, (the car), replacing the hot water heater, switching around the diswasher in place of washing machine, installing a washing machine/drier/fridge with all the water features, help the neighbour with stuccoing his fence, replacing a seal on the the pool pump, (which apparently is the source of the basement leak).

stucco the fence, you ask?

well, yes, here they don't fool around with some silly picket fences, but build a wall out of cinder blocks. they, or course look like crap, so a layer of stucco is applied in some muted colour. same as around the pool.

I never realized Sweden was connected to the mainland via Denmark. Apparently there are a few bridges needing to be crossed, but it all looks doable. I'd guess y'all are in the EU and don't have to worry about trivial things like travel visas. Tommy is a good sport to be sure. I don't know if I'd travel all that distance for such a heavy work load. There has to be more fun ways to be un-bored. I like the idea of stucco walled fences. The only place I've seen them in any numbers is Puerto Rico. Then again, I don't get around much.

Way back when I had a job and worked 25 miles from home, four lanes of bumper to bumper traffic was routine for at least ten of those miles (on the expressway, of course) every day. When it snowed 6"+ one could count on a three hour leisurely ride home. The funny things was that the snow plows were stuck in the same traffic I was.